. >> the next permit application on the agenda is the place of entertainment permit for phonobar at 370 grove street. the applicants currently hold a limited live performance permit and recently received approval from the planning department to be zoned for a poe permit. they have worked with charles salter to draft a noise abatement plan and install a high fidelity sound system. they will continue to have d.j.s have play and occasionally host dance events. eight letters of support. northern station approves this permit with no added conditions. and here to tell you more are owners chuck and tom. >> hello. i'm chuck. >> i'm tom. hi. >> i think it was nearly a year ago or around a year ago that we were in here last to apply for the limited live performance permit. we opened phonobar with the hope of trying to create a new type of music venue where music can be enjoyed seated, eat food, drink cocktail, and listen to music at a volume level which still allows you to talk, but more more importantly, a fidelity level unrivalled in the city. over the course of the last year, we built a commun

and musician and have done some small events with phonobar and known chuck and tom and come here saying their character is solid. they have followed tli every time i have done an event and a hard stop at 10:00. and they have a decibel counter to the point where i have got strict warnings to be under 90. and generally speaking, i think they really have taken serious what you guys have implied with the limited permit. to the support of the school that i work for, they have made us the beneficiary of their donations and events that they have done, which i thought was really great. personally they have donated a tremendous amount just out of the goodness of their hearts, so i think that generally they are trying to do something that is good for the community and good for the music community. i would also say, too, that the clientele they are going for tends to be more of a sophisticated audiophile and just in that general nature and people tend to be more respectful and also tend to be a little bit older. so if you approve this, inevitably, you would be adding to the babysitting industry wh